In Q20, ‘ANY DATA’ not only refers to quantitative data, but also
qualitative and approximate/ imprecise data. All data on population size
can be useful and interpretable, even if only available for some
populations.
If the answer is Yes, a series of questions will appear asking about
effective size, then census size data.
If the answer to Q20 is ‘No, but Census size data does exist for the
species as a whole’ the user will be directed to Section 6:
Modified Indicator 1 for the Entire Species within the Country of
Assessment , skipping Section 5 entirely.
If the answer to Q20 is ‘No, the species has insufficient data’, the
form will skip to Section 7: Indicator 3 .
Questions 21 and 22 are asking about the kind of population size data
that might exist for the species. If ‘Yes’ is answered for either
question, more detailed information related to effective population size
and census size will be asked in Section 5: Indicator 1. If ‘No’ is
answered for either question, follow-up population size questions in
Section 5 will not be presented.
If ‘No, but other genetic diversity information does exist” is selected
for Q21, then no effective population size questions will be presented
in Section 5.